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Originally Posted by JerzLT1
yeah, being in the military may be your dream but Iraq isnt fun no matter what way you spin it. i understand your passion because im a patriotic person as well but i dont want you to get the illusion that Iraq is a place to WANT to be.
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+1. I think OP is over romanticizing war a little bit too much.
Have you ever spent time with a vet that was disabled, such as missing limbs or worse; being paralyzed from the waist or neck down. Trust me when I say this, it's nothing to be envious about. Being dead is not the worst thing that can happen to you, imo.
When my grandmother was a nurse, she used to watch over a gulf war vet. He was paralyzed from the neck down, and he lived like that for 10 or so year, she watched over him for several of those years. I can break down her day for you, but it won't be pretty, you just imagine laying in the same bed for 10 years without being able to move anything but your head, it's not pretty no matter what way you look at it. No one should go to war, there's nothing pretty or glamorous about it, nothing.